USA's Jamie Anderson takes gold in women's slopestyle

Jamie Anderson defended her title in Olympic women's slopestyle snowboarding, surviving blustery and treacherous conditions at Phoenix Snow Park to give the United States its second gold medal at the Pyeongchang Games.

USA's defending Olympic champion Jamie Anderson is head and shoulders above the rest of the field as she scores 83.00 to put herself into gold-medal position after the first runs in the women's slopestyle final.

Even Anderson wasn't immune. She washed out in her second run with the gold medal already wrapped up. Laurie Blouin of Canada finished second, with Finland's Enni Rukajarvi third. Anderson is the first woman to win multiple gold medals in women's snowboarding at the Olympics.

28 lignes · 11/02/2018 · Slopestyle snowboarding has been dominated by Americans in its brief Olympic tenure. Jamie Anderson kept that streak alive Sunday, taking home gold in an abbreviated, windswept finals at the 2018 Winter Games. Anderson is now a two-time medalist after also taking the gold in Sochi four years ago.

Anderson posted a score of 83.00 in the first of her two runs then watched it hold up as rider after rider either crashed or bailed. Even Anderson wasn't immune. She washed out in her second run with the gold medal already wrapped up. Laurie Blouin of Canada took silver, with Finland's Enni Rukajarvi finishing third.